عنوان

Constitution-making and the Labour Party

(Number (ISBN

0230502261

(Number (ISBN

9780230502260

Number

b548135

Title Proper

Constitution-making and the Labour Party

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Mark Evans.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xiii, 386 p.)

Text of Note

List of Boxes, Figures and Tables --;List of Abbreviations --;Acknowledgements --;Introduction --;From Elite to Third Way Democracy? --;PART I: UNDERSTANDING CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE --;Constitutional Doctrine and Revisionism in the Labour Party --;The Rise of the Competition State --;The New Constitutionalism --;PART II: CASE STUDIES IN CONSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITY AND CHANGE --;Electoral Reform and the Clammy Hands of Centralism --;Parliamentary Reform --;Reforming the House of Lords --;Bringing Rights Home --;Freedom of Information and Open Government --;Devolution to Scotland and Wales --;Is Power Devolved, Power Retained? --;A Different Union, A Different Ireland? --;Constitutional Futures --;The New Constitutionalism and the Impact of Spill-Over --;Conclusion --;Elite Democracy is Third Way Democracy in Disguise --;Notes --;Bibliography --;Internet Sources --;Index.

Text of Note

Since coming to power in 1997 the Labour government 's programme of constitutional reform represents an historic challenge to both British constitutional doctrine and Labour Party orthodoxy.

Constitutional law -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-

Labour Party (Great Britain)

Class number

Book number

Mark Evans.

Mark Evans

Electronic name

[Book]

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